Photo: Michael Garlick · CC BY-SA 2.0More detached houses than 89% of UK towns: 49% of households
Compared with 43% across Wales’s towns, 54% of adults are married or in a civil partnership here. Caer-went has fewer residents aged 15 to 24 than 82% of UK towns, at 8.7%. At the 2021 Census, 1,523 people lived in the village, in 624 households. On the census count, 13% of households live in a terraced house.
Older than 57% of UK towns: half of Caer-went is over 45.4
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The biggest five-year age group is 50–54, with 8.5% of residents. Few places have so few residents aged 65 and over: 21% here, fewer than in 56% of UK towns. In Abergavenny, the oldest of Gwent’s towns by this measure, it is 27%.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Across Wales, 51% of residents are women.
Caer-went sits above 73% of UK towns for full-time students (5.4%)
What adults did at the 2021 Census (the ONS’s NS-SEC classes), and where residents lived a year earlier.
Adults by occupation class · residents 16 and over
Address a year before the Census
Residents who lived somewhere else a year earlier. The bar runs to 25%.
41% of Caer-went’s adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 20% in routine and semi-routine work, against 29% and 27% across Wales’s towns. To put it in context, 8% of adults are full-time students across Wales’s towns. Here, 7.9% of residents lived at another address a year earlier.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
Households with dependent children make up 30% in Caer-went, more than in 77% of UK towns
Household make-up at the 2021 Census. Each square is 1% of households.
Against Gwent’s towns and Wales’s towns
People per household
Wales’s towns.
In Caer-went the average household is 2.4 people, beside 2.3 across Wales’s towns. On the census count, 27% of households are one person living alone. Shared households of unrelated adults are more common here than in 53% of UK towns.
A lower share of households without a car or van than 89% of UK towns, at 8.7%
Accommodation type and cars or vans per household, Census 2021. Owning and renting are on Cost of living.
Type of home
Cars or vans · share of households
The share of households in flats tops 77% of UK towns: 17%. Measured more widely, 21% of households have no car or van across Wales’s towns.
Caer-went sits above 76% of UK towns for residents whose main language is English (99%)
Country of birth, year of arrival and main language, Census 2021.
Born outside the UK, by region · share of all residents; the bar runs to 10%
Main language · residents aged 3 and over
The largest groups were born in EU countries (2.2%) and in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (1.1%). Residents whose main language is English make up 96% across Wales’s towns. At 5.7%, the share of residents born outside the UK is lower than in 57% of UK towns.
Welsh speakers make up 9.3% of Caer-went
Welsh language skills, residents aged 3 and over, Census 2021.
Welsh language skills · residents aged 3 and over
Some 138 people here aged 3 and over said in 2021 that they can speak Welsh, 9.3% of the total, against 16% across Welsh towns: fewer than in 74% of them. In Gwent, Abertridwr and Senghenydd has the highest share (14%).
Above 70% of UK towns: 94% of residents describe themselves as White British
How residents described themselves at the 2021 Census. Lines join the lowest and highest of the three figures.
Ethnic groups other than White British · all residents
White British, not charted: 94% of Caer-went · Gwent’s towns 91% · Wales’s towns 90%.
Religion · all residents
With residents with no religion at 43%, Caer-went is ahead of 66% of UK towns on that count. Across Caer-went, just over half of residents describe themselves as Christian. The share of residents who describe themselves as White British across Wales’s towns is 90%.
Fewer adults who have never married than 87% of UK towns: 26%
Legal partnership status (residents 16 and over) and unpaid care (residents 5 and over), Census 2021.
Partnership status · residents 16 and over
Unpaid care given · share of residents 5 and over
For 42 residents, unpaid care runs to 50 hours or more a week. Measured more widely, 38% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across Wales’s towns. On unpaid carers, Caer-went sits lower than 56% of UK towns: 9.2%.
Degree-level qualifications: held by 38% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
With 38% of its adults qualified to degree level, Caer-went compares with 31% across Wales’s towns; another 14% hold no qualification (20%).
2 of the 7 nearest towns are older than Caer-went
Nearby built-up areas coloured by median age, Census 2021. Tap a town for its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Homes with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Caer-went | 1,523 | — | 45.4 | 21% | 30% |
| Caldicot | 9,813 | 1.2 mi | 45 | 24% | 28% |
| Rogiet | 1,791 | 1.6 mi | 41.1 | 16% | 32% |
| Portskewett | 1,627 | 2.1 mi | 51.7 | 28% | 22% |
| Undy and Magor | 5,742 | 3.2 mi | 45.9 | 20% | 28% |
| Chepstow | 11,939 | 4.1 mi | 45.4 | 21% | 26% |
| Beachley | 1,120 | 4.8 mi | 29 | 18% | 35% |
| Tutshill and Sedbury | 3,618 | 5 mi | 45.2 | 23% | 28% |
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What this data can and can’t tell you
- The Census was taken in a lockdown, in term time. 21 March 2021 fell in term time, and students were asked to give their term-time address, so most were counted where they study. Some may have been living with family that day.
- “Gwent’s towns” and “Wales’s towns” mean their built-up areas. Census comparisons pool every built-up area in Gwent (or Wales), summed the same way as Caer-went’s figures, so households in open countryside are left out.
- Small counts are blurred. The ONS adds small random changes to Census counts to protect privacy, so the same total differs a little between tables, and the shares of a small town can move by a point or two.
Questions about Caer-went’s residents
What is the population of Caer-went?
The 2021 Census counted 1,523 people in Caer-went’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Caer-went?
The median age was 45.4 at the 2021 Census. 8.7% of residents were 15 to 24 and 21% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Caer-went?
94% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 90% across Wales’s towns and 91% across Gwent’s towns. 5.7% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Caer-went?
43% said they had no religion and 51% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.8% were Muslim and 4.2% didn’t answer.
Is Caer-went good for families?
30% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 27% across Wales’s towns. Schools are on Caer-went’s schools page.
How many people speak Welsh in Caer-went?
138 residents aged 3 and over, 9.3%, said they can speak Welsh at the 2021 Census, against 16% across Welsh towns.
Sources: ONS Census 2021, output areas summed to the ONS 2022 built-up area (TS002, TS003, TS004, TS007A, TS008, TS015, TS017, TS019, TS021, TS029, TS030, TS039, TS044, TS045, TS062, TS067, TS032). All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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